New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-06-15
Children {. day was observed at the
church last Sunday.

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The veterans of the old first Mime.
sofa, which met at New Ulm two years
ago, will hold their this years reunion
at Saltwater June %.
The county commissioners have been
in session since Monday. The main
business transacted so far has been
school district and road affairs.
The two concerts given by the New
/ York Philharmonic Club far surpassed
all other performances in the fine arts
ever brought before an audience in this
/ city. Saturdays concert opened with
Havdn's Third Symphony in G Major,
whose rendition at once verified all that
had been said relative to the high
standing of the Club as y chamber mu-
sic organization. The masterly man
ner in which the fugal passages were
brought out gave evidence that in its
ensembles the Club acts as unit, the
sestet of instruments blending into one
harmonious whole. MI. Schenck's
violoncello solos proved that he is 8
performer of the highest rank on that
difficult instrument. His tones, funda-
mentals as well as harmonics, were pure
and sweet, and his mastery of techni-
cal difficulties is truly marvellous. Nine.
Tanners singing of '.The Wren dis
played her excellent vocal training as
well as voice of great compass and
sweetness. Mr.. Arneld's violin so o
was above all criticism. He proyedla
master of that soul-stirring Instrument,
not only on the finger. board, but also
in his handling of the bow. The most diff
ficult pizzicato passages were executed
in faultless and elegant style. His en-
core was equally effective The sestet
''In the Sunshine was of a somewhat
light character, but well calculated to
show that initiative music may descend
even to apparently trivial subjects with
out sacrificing its dignity as a fine art.
The next number was one of the mas
terworks of musical literature, Schu-
bert's String Quartet in D Minor, COM
posed but few years before the death
OF the great Vlennese. Its effect was
considerably impaired by the entrance
of boots continually returning from
other sources of inspiration, circum-
stance which evidently chilled the per-
formers to their hearts. It should be
borne in mind by those whose ideal of
an artist does not rise above the hand
organ-grinder, that such disturbances
constitute greater insult to artistic
performers and their audience than the
Inauguration of prize light in the or.
binary Uncle Tom s-Cabin show. Be-
fore the quartet was brought to close,
the resolution of chord of the dinnin-
lshed seventh was anticipated by an
extended falsetto duo in the parterre,
demonstrating that even in it's infantine
state the human soul is induced with
musical aspirations. The aria of the
queen of the night in Mozart's ..Magic
Flute was excellently rendered by
Nine. Tanner. who then sang as an en-
core the beautiful song, ''Ich liebe dich,
we'll ich dich lieben muss. Haendel's
celebrated Largo gave Mr.. Weiner an
| opportunity to enchant the audience
with that purity and sweetness of tone
which even so imperfect an instrument
as the flute can be made to yield in the
hands of q master, while in the Allegro
following he could display his marvel
Gus mastery of technical difficulties.
The chords of Schumann' romantic Ev.
ening Song, in some passages forebod-
ing. as it were, the gloom that was to
fail upon the mind Of the unfortunate
composer, then filled the hall, followed
by the spirited rendering of the famous
Turkish March from Beethoven
''Ruins of Athens Schubert's Tau
benpost," the last song composed by
the maestro, was then sung BY Nine.
Tanner in lovely style. It was followed
by IF body meet a body as an en-.
core. We were a little surprised at
this, and should have preferred the ar.
tistic rendering of Yankee Doodle
to this musical chestnut. The
concert closed with Liszt's brilliant
Rhapsodie Hongroise No. 3, brought
out in that spirited and fantastic style
which is Indispensable to reproduce
ton of LISTS tone-pictures. Want Of
I space torbids q discussion of Sunday s
concert, which was of the same high
character as that Of the evening before,
and in which the audience could listen
undisturbed to the soul.stirring chords
of a string quartet into which the per.
j formers seemed to infuse their yery
souls.
| During the first half of Sunday con
cert the audience as we'll as the perfor
mers were repeatedly annoyed by noises
that proceeded from the gallery and che
open windows. A number of small
children from six to eight years of age,
mostly girls, had gained admission
through the windows and constituted
4 one OF the sources of disturbance. Sub.
sequent investigation showed that these
girls had left home with the permission
Of their parents. We were handed 3
list Of parents who thus permitted their
offspring to stay out until a late hour
at night without knowing Of their
whereabouts, but we forbear publishing
the same this time in the belief that this
plain hint will suffice. The loud talk
i inc heard from the gallery proceeded